viticula

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vītecula === Etymology === From vītis (“vine”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wiːˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [viˈtiː.ku.la] === Noun === vīticula f (genitive vīticulae); first declension little vine tendril (of a plant) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== (Note: some reflecting the Late variant vītīcula whence also a dissimilated *vĭtīcula.) === References === “viticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “viticula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “vīticula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 555